§ Mr. Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of visitor—short-stay holiday and family visits—entry certificates issued for each of the last three years and the High Commissions issuing them together with the percentage of visitors in each case who have overstayed the period granted.
§ Mr. Alexander W. LyonFollowing is the available information on the issue of visitor entry certificates, by country of issue. It is not possible to give the per-48W centage of visitors from each country who have overstayed their leave to enter.
VISITOR ENTRY CERTIFICATES ISSUED: 1972–1974 Country of issue 1972 1973 1974 Australia 50,270 66,839 61,864 Bangladesh 994 1,445 1,196 Barbados 1,624 2,006 1,541 Canada 2,217 2,141 1,291 Cyprus 6,348 7,199 3,350 Ghana 2,606 3,881 3,817 Gibraltar 739 54 42 Guyana 2,089 2,024 1,265 Hong Kong 3,971 4,376 3,697 India 13,083 12,838 12,219 Jamaica 4,288 4,601 4,108 Kenya 8,917 10,670 9,390 Malaysia 4,048 4,132 4,267 Malta 7,601 8,462 7,140 Mauritius 2,628 3,414 3,482 New Zealand 14,062 15,817 16,195 Nigeria 6,927 7,853 8,817 Pakistan 2,554 2,702* — Rhodesia — — — Sierra Leone 871 910 1,145 Singapore 4,617 5,888 4,326 Sri Lanka 1,618 2,157 2,418 Tanzania 829 1,099 1,031 Trinidad and Tobago 4,266 4.282 3,153 Uganda 1,999 508 576 West Indies Associated States 1,157 1,251 976 Zambia 930 1,191 1,472 All other territories 1,124 1,533 1,804 TOTAL 152,377 179,273 160,582 * From 1st September 1973 citizens of Pakistan were issued with visas.